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Capital Climate @capitalclimate.bsky.social · 8h

Is Jake Tapper waiting to write a book?

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

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Capital Climate @capitalclimate.bsky.social · 8h

Northernmost post season?
www.quora.com/Is-Seattle-n...

Is Seattle north of Toronto?

Answer (1 of 8): It is, yes, and by a substantial amount. Toronto is 43 degrees 44 minutes north of the equator. Seattle sits 47 degrees 36 minutes north of the equator. Seattle is also north of Mon...

www.quora.com

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 12h

Editorial: Pope Leo delivers breathtakingly bold salvo on wealth, elitism and poverty | National Catholic Reporter www.ncronline.org/opinion/edit...

Editorial: Pope Leo delivers breathtakingly bold salvo on wealth, elitism and poverty

Prophetic in the truest sense, Dilexi Te is an uncompromising assessment of how wealth and faith in contemporary economic ideologies and markets have misshapen Christianity.

www.ncronline.org

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

Okay quick thread of the sort of stuff you'll get if you pay a modest monthly or yearly amount to read Gravity Is Gone:

Today's newsletter, about the shutdown and RIFs and how employees are so in the dark that their bosses want them to email UP the chain if they get fired.

Federal Employees Have Been Asked to Tell Their Bosses if They Get Fired

Multiple people at multiple agencies said their bosses have told them to email up the chain if they hear about RIFs, because, per one source, "they probably won't be told if people are fired."

www.gravityisgone.com

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Capital Climate @capitalclimate.bsky.social · 1d

He has dementia if he believes any of this.

Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is stupid and he's venal and he's ignorant, but this is pretty clear evidence that his staff is only showing him false information.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Capital Climate @capitalclimate.bsky.social · 1d

Well, we're past the peak of hurricane season, and it's not like we'll ever have any future weather emergencies.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Breaking news: The Trump administration began laying off federal workers while the government is shuttered, fulfilling threats from President Trump to take advantage of the closure to shave off more parts of the federal workforce he dislikes.

Trump administration begins laying off federal workers amid shutdown

White House budget director Russell Vought said reductions-in-force were underway.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 1d

Russell Vought has announced that "mass firings [RIFs] have begun."

Lawless. The RIFs in the spring were illegal, as Judge Illston outlined. Yes, the conservative SCOTUS supermajority lawlessly signed off. But the Calvinball Court is not doing law.

Congress can stop this. A thread: 1/

'RIFs have begun.' Vought announces start of mass firings during government shutdown

The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues.

www.pbs.org

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 1d

closer and closer ... production and design almost entirely done, with that Zeno's paradox thing of getting to the very end ...

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow

Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.

www.kickstarter.com

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Capital Climate @capitalclimate.bsky.social · 1d

Annexing the 51st state should clinch the deal.

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Capital Climate @capitalclimate.bsky.social · 1d

Go 'Tute! We're #1!

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Heatmap News @heatmap.news · 1d

NEW in this morning's Heatmap AM:

🚫 The end of a solar megaproject in Nevada
🚫 New export controls on rare earths from China
🚫 And Nestle pulls out of an alliance to control dairy emissions

Read all these stories and more from @alexckaufman.bsky.social

Nevada’s Behemoth Solar Megaproject Sunsets After Trump Delays

On the Chevy Bolt’s return, China’s rare earth crackdown, and Nestle’s spoiled climate push

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Capital Climate @capitalclimate.bsky.social · 1d

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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Ellen Prager, PhD @elprager.bsky.social · 2d

Big Nor'Easter to impact the East Coast, Flash Food potential in SW and TS Jerry in today's update for All-Hazards Consortium. Prepare for possible flooding, high surf, strong winds, and major coastal erosion. #Charleston #NY #OuterBanks #NJ #MA #SC #hamptonroads 🧪

www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9DC...

Big Nor'Easter to Impact East Coast, Flash Flood Potential in SW and Jerry Threatens Leeward islands

YouTube video by StormCenter Communications | GeoCollaborate

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Capital Climate @capitalclimate.bsky.social · 2d

Trying to get his whistle blown.

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 2d

We are witnessing the most lawless behavior by a leader in American history, just daily, extraordinary abuses of power. National Democrats must speak out in a loud and clear voice against Trump's escalating authoritarianism. It is time now.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d

The Guardian reports that Letitia James has been indicted

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."

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Capital Climate @capitalclimate.bsky.social · 2d

Checking the wrong box on a mortgage form is not bank fraud.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 2d

The dotcom bubble offers a potentially instructive parallel to our current era.

Bank of England warns AI stock bubble rivals 2000 dotcom peak

Central bank says market concentration hasn’t been this extreme in 50 years.

arstechnica.com

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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 3d

The city of Kotzebue is under mandatory evacuation orders. That's as the community prepares for flooding the National Weather Service warns could be worse than last year's, which led to dozens of evacuations and two families losing their homes.

Mandatory evacuations ordered in Kotzebue as flooding from coastal storm begins

Water could rise as much as 10 feet above the high tide line, according the National Weather Service.

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Capital Climate @capitalclimate.bsky.social · 3d

Is the plywood in the room with us now?

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